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Paper, 'On some histological features and physiological properties of the postoesophageal nerve cord of the Crustacea' by W B [William Bate] Hardy

Reference number: AP/70/10

Date: 1891

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Hardy writes: 'About two years ago, at the suggestion of Dr W H [Walter Holbrook] Gaskell, F R S, I undertook the examination of the minute anatomy of the nervous system of the Crustacea. Certain of the results of the investigation are incorporated in the following paper. The nervous systems of Branchippus, of Astacus, and of the Zooea larva have been examined'.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Note on front reads 'This is the original unrevised copy. To be preserved in the archives.' and 'Revised version published in Phil Trans 1894'.

Subject: Zoology / Histology

Received 17 June 1891. Read 18 June 1891. Communicated by Gaskell.

A version of this paper was published in volume 185 of Philosophical Transactions as 'On some histological features and physiological properties of the post-œsophageal nerve cord of the crustacea'.

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AP/70/10
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1891
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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125 pages
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William Bate Hardy

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William Bate Hardy, Paper, 'On some histological features and physiological properties of the postoesophageal nerve cord of the Crustacea' by W B [William Bate] Hardy, 1891, AP/70/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_70_10/paper-on-some-histological-features-and-physiological-properties-of-the-postoesophageal-nerve-cord-of-the-crustacea-by-w-b-william-bate-hardy, accessed on 11 September 2024

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